Pennsylvania
If L.A. Can Save Historic Theaters, Why Can't We?
Philadelphia looks to Los Angeles as a model for preservation of historic theaters.
Downtown Parking Destroys City Character
An editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer clearly explains why more downtown parking is the wrong approach to planning.
UGBs Show Mixed Results In Amish Country
In the Amish Country of Lancaster County, PA, Urban Growth Boundaries have had modest success in containing growth and preserving farmland.
Philly Looks To Expand Downtown Living
With Center City filling up, planners look to neighborhoods ringing downtown.
A Suburbanite Geek
A new column in the Philadelphia Inquirer features a self-proclaimed suburbanite on the benefits of suburbia.
20 Years After Billy Joel's 'Allentown'
Twenty years after Bill Joel detailed the region's troubles in his famous single, 'Allentown', the region has grown and diversified its economy.
Saving Philadelphia's Waterfront
Successful urban waterfronts come in a variety of forms, but only those with good connections to their downtowns are able to support intense commercial activity.
Philadelphia's Waterfront Development Dilemma
The siting of the major East Coast Interstate as it passes through Philadelphia destroyed historic neighborhoods and severed the waterfront from the city.
Reclaiming Penn's Landing
The Philadelphia Enquirer begins a five-part series on reclaiming Penn's Landing -- the city's waterfront. Previous plans have resulted in massive flops.
Voters Value Open Space
Citizens in Southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey voted for tax increases to help preserve open space.
Reinventing Pittsburgh
A city in transition, Pittsburgh is striving to diversify its economy and become an urban success story.
Philadelphia Waterfront Revival
Big plans underway (again) for Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront.
Emerald Link: Planning A World-class Urban Trail
Neighborhood activists in Pittsburgh's Mount Washington and Duquesne Heights neighborhoods want to raise more than $1 million to integrate 4 existing parks, hillsides and greenways into a "system of green."
Incentivizing Anti-sprawl
New Jersey's Governor wants to control sprawling by directing state money into roads, schools, water and sewer projects in older communities.
Philadelphia Favors Demolition Over Rehabilitation
Philadelphia's Neighborhood Transformation Program advocates the demolition of vacant buildings, whether they are historic or not.
Cities And Cycling
How bicycling makes for better cities.
Philadelphia Grapples With Vacant Lots, Abandoned Structures
Ray Suarez takes a look at the effort to rebuild old neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Land-use Electronic Resource Launched
Land Use Electronic Resource Library (E-Library), a database that will assist citizens and state, county and local governments with land-use planning efforts in Pennsylvania
Farmland Preservation Makes Sprawl Worse
Builders believe that farmland preservation is pushing development outward and contributing to sprawl.
Incentivizing Reuse Through Mortgages
Fannie Mae increases mortgages for people who buy homes near train stations and bus stops and agree to own only one car.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
